Crime Blog

One person hospitalized after 5-alarm fire at Far East Dallas apartment complex

Last report is that one person was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital. We believe that person to be a teenage boy who neighbors said jumped from his third-floor balcony as flames and smoke engulfed the building.

Authorities have not identified the woman who was arrested in connection with this fire and we do not have an official ruling that the fire was arson. The woman is believed to be in her 20s and we’re told she is bipolar and schizophrenic.

At least 40 people who lived in 22 damaged or destroyed units are without a home this evening.
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With the fire under control and a possible arson suspect in custody, Goldstein (aka www.twitter.com/dallascrime) is going to wrap up his live blogging. He’ll update this post when he returns to the newsroom. Thanks for joining us. Be careful out there, Big D.